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Re: Does a full install include NetBSD and X sources?



John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost> writes:

>      To answer the original poster's question, no a full install
> does not include the sources.  On the "Custom Install" menu there
> are check boxes for sources (both base and X); however, most install
> media don't include the source sets.  You can find the sources for
> everything included with NetBSD on the ftp server.  For example,
> the path for the 9.2 sources is /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/source/sets .
> Extract the tar balls with "tar xpf <set> -C /".

And, I view  it as unusual to want to unpack sources from sets, rather
than access them through a version control system either the native CVS,
or an hg or git mirror.    I check them out via CVS on one or maybe two
of my machines, and update them along the stable branches (or current),
because on my main/sort-of-production machine  I basically always want
to be running the latest netbsd-9.

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